lechekaflan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down118
arrow-up1148arrow-down1imageIf you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold.lemmy.worldlechekaflan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareBeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThere are instances, especially on the federal level, of a Windows XP machine that’s roughly that old running HVAC systems without a connection outward. It requires a connection that isn’t on modern PCs and the support software out of date.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoThere’s a commodore 64 amiga running HVAC in iirc a high school. https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/theres-30-year-old-commodore-amiga-still-controlling-heat-ac-19-public-schools/
There are instances, especially on the federal level, of a Windows XP machine that’s roughly that old running HVAC systems without a connection outward. It requires a connection that isn’t on modern PCs and the support software out of date.
There’s a commodore
64amiga running HVAC in iirc a high school.https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/theres-30-year-old-commodore-amiga-still-controlling-heat-ac-19-public-schools/